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GEORGE V. SCOTT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE PULLMANS PALACE CAR COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,151, dated October 17, 1899.

Application filed October 17, 1898- Serial lilo. 693,735. (No model.

To all whom it may concern: terposed between the two members at their Be it known that I, GEORGE W. SCOTT, of points of junction. Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of indicates the upper arch-bars, and 21 Illinois, have invented certain new and usethe lower arch-bars, between which is inter- 5 ful Improvements in Car-Trucks, of which the posed the combined bolster-guide and springfollowing is aspecification. seat 22. (Shown in detail in Figs. 9 and 10 of This invention relates to car-trucks, being the drawings.) This part is a casting commore particularly designed for use as a freightprising a bed-piece or seat 23, upon which the car truck, and has for its object to provide a springs 24 re'st,and upright guides 25, integral IO metallic car-truck which shall be simple and with said bed or seat and apertured, as shown strong in construction, free from complicated at 26, for the passage of the column-bolts 27. and costly parts, and consequently adapted The upper ends of the guides 25 are provided to be readily repaired; and to these ends the with lateral flanges 28, between which the upinvention consists in certain novel features per arch-baris seated,while the bed-piece 23 is :5 which I will now proceed to describe, and will provided with lateral flanges 29 on its under then particularly point out in the claims. side, between which the lower arch-bar 21 is In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is seated. a plan View of a truck embodying my inven- 30 indicates the cap, which is provided with tion, a portion thereof being in plan section. lateral guideways 31 to fit the guides 25 and 20 Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, partly in with an inclined bearing-surface 32 and horivertical section, longitudinally of the truck. zontal bearing-surfaces 33, upon which the Fig. 3 is an end elevation, partly in vertical lower or tension member of the bolster rests. section, transversely of the truck. Fig. 4 is 34 indicates the side bearings, which are a plan view, Fig. 5 a side elevation, and Fig. mounted on top of the bolster above the caps 25 6 an end elevation, of the upper cross-tie, 30 andwhich are secured in position by means which also supports the brakes. Fig. 7 is a of bolts 35, which. pass downward through side elevation, and Fig. 8 a plan, of the lower the bearings, filling-blocks 19, bolster, and cross-tie. Fig. 9 is an elevation, on an encap. Bolts 36 are also employed to secure the larged scale, of the combined bolster-guide ends of the bolster directly to the caps.

30 and spring-seat detached. Fig. 10 is averti- 37 indicates the lower cross-tie, which, as cal sectional view of the same. Fig. 11 is an shown in detail in Figs. 7 and 8, consists of elevation of the bolster-guide spring-cap deachannel member 37, to the ends of which tached; Fig. 12,aplan View,andFig. 13avertiare secured plates 37 which extend undercal sectional View, of the same and Fig. 14 is neath the tie-bars 3S and are secured in po- 35 an elevation, partly in vertical section, of the sition by the column-bolts 27. This cross-tie center plate. furnishes a strong and simply-constructed In the said drawings, 15 indicates the upconnection between the diamond frames at per or compression member of the truck-boltheir lower sides and is secured in position ster, and 16 the lower or tension member, the by the column-bolts without the necessity of 40 two members being separated at their censeparate fastening devices. ters by a strut or king-post 17 and the ten- Thediamond frames are connected together sion member being provided at its end with at their upper sides by means of a cross-tie a head or enlargement 18, that extends up- 39, composed, as shown in detail in Figs. 4, ward to engage the ends of the compression 5, and 6, of two transverse angle-bars 39,

45 member and downward to engage with the connected at their ends by cross-pieces 39 ,o't' spring-cap. The upper or compression memplate form, and secured in position by means ber of the bolster is straight, while the lower of the column-bolts 27. This upper crossor tension member is inclined upward from tie not only serves to connect the diamond the center toward each end to meet the upframes and, in conjunction with the lower 50 per member, and spacing-blocks 19 are incross-tie, firmly binds the truck together and preserves the fixity and relative position of the column-guides, but it also serves as a means for the attachment of the brake-rigging in the case Where the truck is provided with inside brakes, as in the construction shown. In this construction I employ a guide or support for the dead-lever 40, consisting of a bar 41, bent to form a loop to receive the end of the lever and having one arm of theloop extended across and secured to the two members 39 of the upper cross-tie, while the other arm is bent at right angles and secured to the ver tical'face of one of said members. This construction serves not only to provide a firm attachment for the dead-lever, but also to securely cross-brace the upper cross-tie. The live-lever guide 41 is secured to the vertical face of the other member 39 of the upper cross-tie, the ends of the guide being bent up at right angles to the body for this purpose, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The brackets 42, from which the brake-beams are suspended, are also secured to the transverse members 39 of the upper cross'tie 39, so that the entire brake-rigging is suspended from this upper cross-tie.

The center plate 43, as shown in detail in Fig. 14, is riveted or bolted directly to the upper member 15 of the truck-bolster, the rivets passing directly through the bearing surface of the plate instead of through outlying flanges, as in the usual construction, and the countersunk rivets or bolt-holes 4.4 serve as convenient reservoirs for the lubricant.

It will be noted that the combined columnguide and spring-seat furnishes a strong and simple structure well adapted for its purposes, the lateral flanges serving to firmly hold the arch-bars and relieve the columnbolts from side strains. The construction of the spring-cap and the mode of securing it to the end of the bolster is also particularly advantageous, and the mode of cross-tying the diamond frame serves to maintain the proper relative position of the column-guides, and thus insure freedom of motion for the springcaps and bolster. The mode of supporting the brake-rigging not only serves to strengthen the truck-frame, but also insures the maintaining of the proper relative position between the brakes and the wheels.

I claim-- 1. In a car-truck, the combination, with spring-caps, of a bolster comprising a compression member, and a tension member ex tending between the compression member and spring-caps, supporting the former vertically upon the latter, and provided at its ends with upward projections which abut against the ends of the compression member and with downward projections which abut against the outer faces of the caps, substantially as described.

2. In a car-truck, the combination, with spring-caps, of a bolster comprising a compression member and a tension member separated at their centers and converging at their ends, the tension member being secured at its ends between the caps and compression member, filling-blocks located in the meeting angles of the two bolster members, side bearings located on the bolster above the caps, and securing-bolts passing vertically through said several parts whereby they are secured together, substantially as described.

3. In a car-truck, the combination,with the diamond frames forming the sides of the truck-frame, of upper and lower cross-ties connecting said diamond frames and secured thereto by means of the column-bolts, substantially as described.

4. In a car-truck, the combination,with the diamond frames, of a cross-tie comprising a channel-shaped body and terminal plate-gussets, whereby its ends are adapted to be sesured by means of the column-bolts, substantially as described.

5. In a car-truck, the .combination,with the diamond frames, of an upper cross-tie comprising two parallel angle-pieces and connecting-plate cross-pieces at their ends, whereby said tie is adapted to be secured by means of the column-bolts, substantially as described.

6. In a car-truck, the combination,with the diamond frames, of a lower cross-tie comprising a channel shaped body and terminal plate-gussets, and an upper cross-tie comprising two parallel anglepieces and connecting-plate cross-pieces at their ends, whereby said ties are adapted to be secured by means of the column bolts, substantially as described.

7. In a car-truck, the combination,with the diamond frames, of an upper cross-tie comprising parallel angle members connected at their ends to each other and to the columnbolts, a dead-lever guide or support having one arm extended across and secured to the top flanges of the two parallel members, and the live-lever guide and brake-beam-supporting brackets also secured to said angle Inembers, substantially as described.

8. In a car-truck, a lubricated center-bearing, comprising, in combination, a truck-bolster, a center plate having a bearing-surface cup-shaped in form and adapted to receive a correspondiugly-shaped projecting bearingplate on the body-bolster, vertical apertures through said center plate having enlarged recesses at their upper ends formed in said bearing-surface, and rivets securing said center plate to the bolster and countersunk in said recesses, whereby reservoirs for the lubricant are formed, substantially as described.

GEORGE WV. SCOTT. Witnesses:

FREDERICK O. GooDwIN, IRVINE MILLER. 

